Egg case



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@dii-nal 1,4339; htefknuary19,- 1933, Serial lo. 395,271, tiled July 10, 1820. Application for Y y gsie..

:fihis invention relates Particularly t9 egg used-in shipping eggs from he Pmbeing centers to tdeaersor dealers tov ref; tai'leif, and Vmy Y isi'illr'ieih will mrejetectively protect the eggs v(ibjint is to devise a case lfllallii" the now in use, so that the per- 'ofloSS in transit is'very greatly refd and in which the capacit 'forany Vjcliin'ensiars is not 'material y reduced Y m Et 1qualca acitythe improvedcase iwill be of but slig tlygreater length than the common vthirtytionenlease. y'

bject by means ofthe coinf ammoreV hereiqafterimribed and illus- "15 tritd 'in tl'hcpanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a plan' view, partly broken away, of part of an egg case constructed in accordance with my lnvention;

' 20 2 is a vertical section of part of the same, partly 'broken away, showing the cover in lace; v ig. 3 a perspective detail of one of the fillers; and

. 4 and 5 side elevations of the strips In te drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the -dierent figures. f f 3 L 1 is' a rectangular wooden box of ordinary f construction provided with a lid 2 which is held in position when the case is closed by thelhasps 3 of ordinary type.

'As visusual in egg'boxes, a plurality of sued llers are employed and interllats 4 which, with the fillers, form rectangular cells to hold the eggs.

' The fillers are each formed of a plurality of cardboard stri s 5 and 6 (see particularly 5), the strips 5 being formed with notches 7 and the strips 6 with Vnotches 8 which interlock as shown in Figure 3. The strips 5 are also provided with a series 01EV holes 9 which enga e the shoulf ders 10 formed on the sides o the notches 75130 hold the strips from accidental disenglm' l {ill'ersare so arranged that the cells one Vare displaced in one direction so that thereln lie in sta ered relationship in adjacent 1ers, the cells of q filler having v `underl jller crossing said cells cenan diametrically. As these strips 'f mld man give the ,fiat overlying them one set of -strips of thev "ma :sugary s, icas. semi n ns.

almost too rigid a sup-port, each strip which so crosses beneath the 'cells .of a filler above it is cut out so that the dat can spring down sli htly under the weight o the eggs containe therein, thus giving such eggs an elastic support. This arrangement makes the possibilities of breakage very much less than in the ordinary case 1n wlnch'eggs ,are supported in substantially axial alinement iffih'one another and separated only by the To secure this, olsetting of alternate fillers and to give the llers an elastic enf ,gagement with the si, es ef the bex, I extend the ends. at all the Cardboard strips beyond the outer strip at each side. The ends 11 are comparatively short, but at one side the ends 12 are considerably longer, being of such length when the fillers are placed in position alternatelyl in reversed positions the offsetting of the cells relative to one another is effected as shown particularly in Fi 1 and 2 ofthe drawings. As these long en s 12 are easily bent, I interlock with them a bracin strip 13, the locking being e'ected preferab y in the same manner as the intercking between the strips 5 and 6.

'A further protection against longitudinal or transverse shifting of the fillers is given by ormin the outside cardboard strips of three si es and the bracing strip 13 on the fourth side with flanges 14 bent at right angles thereto, the width of said flanges being sutlicient to bring their outer edges approximately into alinement with the outer edges of the strip ends which they cross.

As the successful operation of the case depends on the proper positioning of each iller, it is important,"after a filler has been placed in position and filled with eggs and a flat inserted over it, to be able to determine at a glance at which side of the case the long ends 11 with their bracing strip are located in order that the next filler may be set in position with its corresponding ends diametrically opposite to the ends of the underlying filler. I therefore form in one corner ofV each flat an opening 15 through'which the position of the underlying filler may be observed.

The waste of space due to the long ends 11 necessitates a slight increase in the size of the case above those commonly employed, but this is not found objectionable, though in where it is not desirable to increase the exterior dimensions of the case, fullr advanta e of my invention may be obtained by recfucing the capacity of the case, one row of cells in each at in that case being dispensed with.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A filler for egg cases, comprising interlocked members traversing each other at intervals to form cellular spaces, the outside members having lateral bracing ianges thereon extending away from the cellular structure,

2. A-filler for egg cases, comprising interlocked members traversing each other at intervals to form cellular spaces, the ends of said members pro'ecting beyond the cellular structure, the outside members having lateral braci anges thereon extending flush with the en s of their traversing members.

3.V A viller for egg cases, comprising interlocked members traversing each other at n- V tervals to form cellular spaces, the ends of said members projecting beyond the ce1- lular structure, the projecting ends of one side being of greater length than the projecting ends o the other sides, and a strip lnterlocked with said longer ends and having a lateral bracing flange thereon extending away from the cellular structure to the ends of its interlocked members.

4. A filler for egg cases, comprising interlocked members traversing each other at 

